Valerie Speirs

Valerie Speirs is a Professor of Molecular Oncology at the University of Aberdeen. Her research aims to identify biomarkers of breast cancer to inform diagnosis and treatment. Education Speirs studied zoology at the University of Aberdeen. She completed her graduate studies at the University of Glasgow. She worked with Ian Freshney on cell culture and became interested in how cell culture systems can be used to model disease. Career and research Speirs research investigates Cancer biology, Breast cancer and Molecular pathology. Speirs joined The Hospital for Sick Children. Speirs worked at the University of Hull on the expression of oestrogen receptor mRNA. She looked at the role of the CGA gene in endocrine response.